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EPIGRAM, OCCASIONED BY TITLE OF RIVINGTON'S ROYAL GAZETTE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Says satan to jemmy, 'I hold you a bet'
Last Line: "a sett of new types, and a sett of new lies."
Subject(s): American Revolution; Lies; Newspapers; Rivington, James (1724-1803); Journalism; Journalists


SAYS Satan to Jemmy, "I hold you a bet
"That you mean to abandon our Royal Gazette,
"Or, between you and me, you woued manage things better
"Than the Title to print on so sneaking a letter.

" Now being connected so long in the art,
" It would not be prudent at present to part;
"And people, perhaps, would be frightened, and fret
" If the devil alone carryed on the Gazette."

Says Jemmy to Satan (by way of a wipe)
"Who gives me the matter should furnish the type;
"And why you find fault, I can scarcely divine,
"For the types, like the printer, are certainly thine.

"'Tis yours to deceive with the semblance of truth,
"Thou friend of my age, and thou guide of my youth!
"But, to prosper, pray send me some further supplies,
"A sett of new types, and a sett of new lies."





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